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Rescuers raced to find survivors more than 24 hours after the roof of a nightclub collapsed in the Dominican Republic during a concert, killing nearly 100 people. Renowned Dominican merengue singer Rubby Perez, who was on stage at the popular Jet Set nightclub when the roof collapsed shortly after midnight on Tuesday, was among those killed, according to his manager, Enrique Paulino. About 370 rescue personnel combed mounds of fallen bricks, steel bars and tin sheets for survivors. Dozens of ambulances ferried the injured to hospital, as several people gathered outside the venue desperately seeking news of their loved ones.…

Representative Eric Burlison, a two-term congressman from Missouri’s Ozarks, is unequivocal about his support for President Trump.“I love the president,” he said this week as he walked through the Capitol.But Mr. Burlison is also one of about a dozen hard-line conservative Republicans who have said they cannot back their party’s budget blueprint to unlock Mr. Trump’s spending and tax cuts, even as the president is imploring them to support it in a vote that could come as early as Wednesday.“I can’t live with myself if I go back home and I added more debt and deficits without any kind of…

The arrest of an American academic in Thailand on charges of criticizing the monarchy has alarmed U.S. officials, the State Department said on Tuesday. The case represents a rare detention of a foreign citizen under Thailand’s strict lèse-majesté laws.The academic, Paul Chambers, a lecturer in civil-military relations in Southeast Asia at Naresuan University in northern Thailand, was arrested on lèse-majesté charges and charges under the Computer Crimes Act, according to Tammy Bruce, a spokeswoman for the State Department. She said that the department was communicating with Thai authorities over his detention.The lèse-majesté laws in Thailand are among the strictest in…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A licensed practical nurse is calling for others in her line of work to be recognized as nurses in New Brunswick. Ashley Moore started a petition after other LPNs received letters from the Nurses Association of New Brunswick asking them to stop describing themselves as nurses on social media.“That’s what really kick-started my push for this, that’s what started my public appeal,” she said.Moore works as an instructor for future LPNs and says one of the main difference between LPNs and registered nurses (RNs) is that RNs have more training to deal…

Australia is well placed to deal with global volatility emanating from the new US tariff regime, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

A pedestrian passes the seal of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency displayed outside the organization’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., on March 20, 2019.Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Tuesday said a February hack of its email systems qualified as a “major incident” and exposed “highly sensitive information.”The breach, first disclosed and resolved in February, involved information related to the “financial condition of federally regulated financial institutions used in its examinations and supervisory oversight processes.”The OCC, an agency that regulates and supervises national banks, said it learned of the incident…

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s government announced on Wednesday (Apr 9) it will host Chinese President Xi Jinping for a three-day visit next week, as the two countries grapple with tariffs imposed by the United States. The state visit will go from Apr 15 to Apr 17, Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said. “The cabinet ministers have been informed that this visit is not only anticipated but is part of the government’s efforts … to see better trade relations with various countries including China,” Fahmi told reporters.  Xi’s visit marks his first trip to Malaysia since Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim took office. The two…

The Islamic State has been showing renewed vigor in Syria, attracting new fighters and increasing the number of its attacks last year, according to the United Nations and U.S. officials, further raising the threat of instability in a country that is already volatile after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.The group is still nowhere near as strong as it was a decade ago, when it controlled eastern Syria and a large part of northern Iraq, but there is a risk, experts say, that the Islamic State can find a way to free thousands of its hardened fighters who are held…

What’s most striking about President Trump’s tariff war is that he’s being pressured by some of his closest advisers and supporters to end the crusade that has upended the world economy.It’s not just media conservatives like Ben Shapiro, Rich Lowry, Ben Domenech and the Wall Street Journal editorial page. It’s longtime wealthy donors like Ken Langone, co-founder of Home Depot, who denounced the tariffs and cited the 46 percent levy on Vietnam as an example of “bull****,” telling the Financial Times that “right now what everybody’s terrified of is a trade war.” Another billionaire, hedge fund investor Bill Ackman said, “The…

U.S. attorneys for six southwestern border districts charged nearly 1,000 illegal aliens with immigration-related crimes during the first week of April under Operation Take Back America, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday.The districts involved include Arizona, Central California, Southern California, New Mexico, Southern Texas and Western Texas.The District of Arizona brought charges against 204 illegal aliens; 83 of whom were charged with illegal reentry and 107 were charged with illegal entry. Fourteen people, including Ivan Mauricio Hernandez-Mosqueda, were also charged with smuggling humans into and within the district. Hernandez Mosqueda, a Mexican national, was sentenced to 46 months in prison…